Ebandeli 48
1 Sima na makambo wana, bayaki koyebisa Jozefi: « Tala, tata na yo azali kobela. » Jozefi azwaki bana na ye mibale ya mibali: Manase mpe Efrayimi.
And it came to pass after these things, that one told Joseph, Behold, thy father is sick. And he took with him his two sons Manasseh and Ephraim.
2 Bapesaki sango epai ya Jakobi ete mwana na ye ya mobali Jozefi azali koya epai na ye. Isalaele asalaki makasi mpe avandaki na mbeto.
And one told Jacob and said, Behold, thy son Joseph is coming to thee. And Israel strengthened himself, and sat upon the bed.
3 Jakobi alobaki na Jozefi: — Nzambe-Na-Nguya-Nyonso abimelaki ngai na Luze, na mokili ya Kanana; mpe kuna, apambolaki ngai.
And Jacob said to Joseph, The Almighty God appeared to me at Luz in the land of Canaan, and blessed me,
4 Alobaki na ngai: « Nakopesa yo mabota mpe nakokomisa yo ebele; nakokomisa yo lisanga ya bikolo ebele mpe nakopesa mokili oyo lokola libula ya seko na seko epai ya bakitani na yo sima na yo. »
and he said to me, Behold, I will make thee fruitful and multiply thee, and I will make of thee a company of peoples; and will give this land to thy seed after thee [for] an everlasting possession.
5 Mpe sik’oyo, bana na yo ya mibali oyo babotamaki na Ejipito liboso ete ngai naya awa, bakomi lokola bana na ngai. Efrayimi mpe Manase bakomi bana na ngai lokola Ribeni mpe Simeoni.
And now thy two sons, who were born to thee in the land of Egypt before I came to thee into Egypt, shall be mine: Ephraim and Manasseh shall be mine, as Reuben and Simeon.
6 Bana oyo okobota sima na bango bakozala ya yo; bakozwa eteni na bango ya libula na kombo ya bayaya na bango.
And thy family which thou hast begotten after them shall be thine: they shall be called after the name of their brethren in their inheritance.
7 Pamba te, tango nawutaki na Padani, Rasheli akufaki na nzela, na maboko na ngai, wana nazalaki kokende na mokili ya Kanana, pene ya Efrata; nakundaki ye kuna pembeni ya Efrata oyo babengaka Beteleemi.
And as for me, when I came from Padan, Rachel died by me in the land of Canaan on the way, when there was yet a certain distance to come to Ephrath; and I buried her there on the way to Ephrath, that is, Bethlehem.
8 Tango Isalaele amonaki bana mibali ya Jozefi, atunaki: — Ba-oyo bazali banani?
And Israel beheld Joseph's sons, and said, Who are these?
9 Jozefi azongiselaki tata na ye: — Bazali bana mibali oyo Nzambe apesi ngai awa. Isalaele alobaki: — Pusa bango mpo ete napambola bango.
And Joseph said to his father, They are my sons, whom God has given me here. And he said, Bring them, I pray thee, to me, that I may bless them.
10 Miso ya Isalaele elembaki mpo na kimobange mpe azalaki komona lisusu malamu te. Yango wana, Jozefi apusaki bana na ye ya mibali pembeni ya tata na ye, Isalaele apesaki bango beze mpe ayambaki bango.
But the eyes of Israel were heavy from age: he could not see. And he brought them nearer to him; and he kissed them, and embraced them.
11 Isalaele alobaki na Jozefi: — Nazalaki na elikya te ete nakomona lisusu elongi na yo; kasi sik’oyo Nzambe apesi ngai nzela ya komona kutu bana na yo.
And Israel said to Joseph, I had not thought to see thy face; and behold, God has let me see also thy seed.
12 Jozefi alongolaki bana na ye na mabolongo ya Isalaele mpe agumbamaki elongi na ye kino na se.
And Joseph brought them out from his knees, and bowed down with his face to the earth.
13 Jozefi azwaki bango mibale: Efrayimi na loboko na ye ya mobali, loboko ya mwasi ya Isalaele; mpe Manase, na loboko na ye ya mwasi, loboko ya mobali ya tata na ye. Apusaki bango pembeni ya Isalaele.
And Joseph took them both, Ephraim in his right hand toward Israel's left hand, and Manasseh in his left hand toward Israel's right hand, and brought [them] near to him.
14 Isalaele asembolaki loboko na ye ya mobali mpe atiaki yango likolo ya moto ya Efrayimi oyo azalaki leki; mpe loboko na ye ya mwasi likolo ya moto ya Manase. Na bongo, abongolaki maboko na ye mpo ete Manase azalaki mwana ya liboso.
But Israel stretched out his right hand, and laid [it] on Ephraim's head — now he was the younger — and his left hand on Manasseh's head; guiding his hands intelligently, for Manasseh was the firstborn.
15 Isalaele apambolaki Jozefi mpe alobaki: Tika ete Nzambe oyo, liboso na Ye, bakoko na ngai, Abrayami mpe Izaki, batambolaki, Nzambe oyo azali Mobateli na ngai wuta mokolo ya mbotama na ngai kino na mokolo ya lelo,
And he blessed Joseph, and said, The God before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac walked, the God that shepherded me all my life long to this day,
16 anjelu oyo akangolaki ngai na mabe nyonso, apambola bana oyo ya mibali! Tika ete babengama na kombo na ngai, mpe na bakombo ya bakoko na ngai, Abrayami mpe Izaki! Tika ete bakoma ebele kati na mokili!
the Angel that redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads; and let my name be named upon them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the land!
17 Tango Jozefi amonaki ete tata na ye atiaki loboko na ye ya mobali na moto ya Efrayimi, asepelaki te. Azwaki loboko ya tata na ye, alongolaki yango na moto ya Efrayimi mpo na kotia yango na moto ya Manase.
When Joseph saw that his father laid his right hand on the head of Ephraim, it was evil in his eyes; and he took hold of his father's hand to remove it from Ephraim's head to Manasseh's head.
18 Jozefi alobaki na tata na ye: — Boye te, tata na ngai! Oyo azali mwana ya liboso; tia loboko na yo ya mobali likolo ya moto na ye.
And Joseph said to his father, Not so, my father, for this is the firstborn: put thy right hand on his head.
19 Kasi tata na ye aboyaki mpe alobaki: — Nayebi, mwana na ngai! Nayebi! Ye mpe akokoma ekolo, akokoma monene. Nzokande, leki na ye akozala monene koleka ye mpe bakitani na ye bakokoma lisanga ya bikolo.
But his father refused and said, I know, my son, I know: he also will become a people, and he also will be great; but truly his younger brother will be greater than he; and his seed will become the fulness of nations.
20 Apambolaki bango wana mpe alobaki: Bato ya Isalaele bakotangaka bakombo na bino mpo na kopambola: « Tika ete Nzambe akomisa bino lokola Efrayimi mpe Manase! » Boye Isalaele atiaki Efrayimi liboso ya Manase.
And he blessed them that day, saying, In thee will Israel bless, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and Manasseh! And he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
21 Bongo Isalaele alobaki na Jozefi: — Etikali moke nakufa. Nzambe akozala na bino mpe akozongisa bino na mokili ya bakoko na bino.
And Israel said to Joseph, Behold, I die; and God will be with you, and bring you again to the land of your fathers.
22 Mpo na ngai, napesi yo koleka oyo napesaki epai na bandeko na yo: eteni ya mabele oyo nabotolaki, na mopanga mpe na tolotolo na ngai, epai ya bato ya Amori.
And I have given to thee one tract [of land] above thy brethren, which I took out of the hand of the Amorite with my sword and with my bow.
